Sunday, March 19, 2017

ABC, 123, Rainbow I Spy #1 of 5

(I just need to go buy a couple of books to include with the quilt. Books and a quilt...sometimes a stuffed animal or rattle are my usual baby gifts. )

I spy the color green, I spy something you can eat, I spy a bird, I spy the letter P...

I usually also include a couple of blocks with numbers at the beginning and end so you can find numbers. The letters of the alphabet are iron on. I iron them on after the quilting is done.

I quilted it with spirals on my old plain Jane Janome since Brother Bob is not working very well these days. I pieced together some batting and used some flannel monkeys on the back. I pre-washed the flannel since I knew it would shrink and darn it if it didn't shrink enough so that I was about one inch short in width so had to piece the backing. Luckily I bought enough for several quilts.

I had just enough of an orange solid that matched the orange monkeys on the back so used it for the binding.

One of the best I Spy quilts I've seen. Having the numbers and letters will keep the little one interested for a longer time. I taught my day the letters at under a year old. And she's never stopped reading.